Kiss of Darkness by Loribelle Hunt

Author:Loribelle Hunt
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2011-03-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Luke found a quiet, unused space in the sub-basement, collected an abandoned chair and settled in to wait. There were other things he should be doing—organizing patrols, checking up on the training of new recruits, trying to figure out who the hell inside the Order was betraying his, or her, own. It was pretty damned obvious someone was.

But no. Instead he was hiding out underground, waiting for the sun to set and Gia to arrive. It was all so…stalkerish. And completely ludicrous, that he, Luke Black, player extraordinaire, lover of all women and universally loved in return, was reduced to stalking his own damned mate. Absurd and infuriating. The walls bulged a moment as anger swept through him and he was careful to rein in his power, to let it release harmlessly.

He set the chair against the wall and brushed away a cobweb before sitting and leaning his head back. One day very soon he was going to spank her pretty ass for putting him in this position. She’d insisted on her own room last night, but he hadn’t believed she was really serious about keeping him out. So imagine his surprise when the door was locked. He could have easily gained entrance, picked the lock or just blasted the door open, but he thought it would be more satisfying to force her to come to him.

If he didn’t feed from her soon, thereby leaching off the excess energy from the demon, she would start to come apart. Wincing, he recalled his first meeting with her. She’d been barely walking the edge between sanity and madness then. He wouldn’t let her carry this defiance far enough to endanger herself.

But she hadn’t come to him today either, had in fact left the house as soon as she could. She wasn’t struggling, fighting her demon side for control yet, and he had no idea how long it would be before she needed to. Whatever the length of time, it was too much. He was not sleeping alone again.

The question was how to get her where she belonged and the obvious answer was sex. He couldn’t live without touching her, so how could she? He scowled and stood to pace the room. She’d managed just fine last night. He couldn’t demand her capitulation either. He’d tried that, insisted last night she drop her shields and give him access to her mind, but she’d refused.

Refused to accept she was his in the most irrevocable way, refused to grant him access to what was his right as a mate. He stopped pacing and pictured her, then glared at the ceiling. It trembled a little, fine dust shaking free to fall on him as it did. Damn it, why couldn’t his mate be another nightwalker? Why did he get stuck with a stubborn, beautiful hybrid?

Returning to the chair, he reached out, hoping to catch her in a weak moment. No such luck though he wasn’t as cut off as he’d been. He couldn’t get into her head, but he felt her.

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